Anchorage, Alaska — More than 30,000 scams were reported to Better Business Bureau’s Scam Tracker in 2016, with 151 reported in Alaska Tax Collection fraud topped the list as the most reported scam in the last year. The following list is based on scams reported by consumers on bbb.org/scamtracker, a free interactive online tool launched […]
NEW YORK—Credit card debt in the United States is approaching $1 trillion, according to a study by CardHub.com, a company that tracks consumer financial issues. If that figure isn’t stark enough by itself, consider these, also from last month’s Card-Hub study: In 2015 alone, credit card debt rose $71 billion; $52 billion came in the […]
Russian energy giant Gazprom says it is cutting gas supplies to Ukraine following Kyiv’s failure to meet a Monday deadline to pay nearly $2 billion of its outstanding debt.Gazprom says Ukraine must now pre-pay for any natural gas after missing the deadline.Also Monday, Gazprom filed a lawsuit in a Stockholm arbitration court to try […]